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ButtSlapper said: wow the VA who voices the main female character should take a Japanese lesson to improve her pronunciation. Same. I'm not usually picky on VAs to be famed, but Mari's VA performance, before any voice style and emotion issues, has to deal with the basic enunnciation. This is necessaary even for an actor in dramas. I'm not sure if I'm the only one who finds one can make out what she's saying, but something seems to be clotting between the syllables. An unclear voice is unnatural for a shounen manga style dominant female lead, at least not a well-trained genius in the setting of Fast Fingers First competitions like Mari. Fast Finger First competition is one of my childhood memories, and for that I've followed 7O3X manga for at least a year. I believed I wouldn't drop this anime even if it's mediocore, but the slow paste of ep1 and the production's inconsiderate choice of lead VA has forced me to think twice. |
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| Nice start. The anime could use up some soundtrack to liven up the atmosphere during the quiz though. Also, just like others said. The girl's VA did a terrible voice acting. She sounded so bland and stiff. I just hope it doesn't grow on my irritation level over the course. |
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| It was an...interesting start, I love both the concept and the way it is introduced, and the MC is a proper one for this kind of anime. However, I though that the voice acting of the woman was a little bit...weird, I dunno, it was a little distracting and I didn't find it cute :'( Maybe her voice will become more enjoyable after some episodes (she seems new in the industry), or maybe that once used to this voice, I won't mind it who knows. Also, I found it funny how our MC couldn't become librarian because of his shyness x) |
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| Wow. WOW. It's been a WHILE since I heard such bad voice acting, that main girl's voice is AWFUL, it doesn't fit at all. Who the hell decided to cast her when she doesn't fit with the character she's doing even a single bit? |
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abecyo said: Umika Kawashima(Fukami) is a japanese idol. her experience of VA is very poor. ALL JAPAN HIGH SCHOOL QUIZ CHAMPIONSHIP (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeM-ShCsbM&t=57s) is aired on NTV every summer. They want to cast her as a guest on the show because idol is quite more famous and popular than VA. Thanks for the background information! Always appreciated when people who know a lot of stuff share! :) renrinken said: Also I really enjoyed Umika's performance. I always really loved more masculine/deep/gravely sounding seiyuu, so I loved her performance so far. I also like her plain normal realistic voice. Real people talk different in real life, so of course they should be doing this in anime as well. I don't see tha VA as bad. I see her play a character that's a bit insecure, and not used to talk among strangers. The VA now have great potential to let herself and her character evolve and improve along the road through the next eleven episodes! Ganbatte! |
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| I got so damn hypedddddd while watching this episode , My heart started beating faster and faster and when the last question was asked i was like ^* CALM THE FUCK DOWN MY HEART *^ , This anime got a lot of potential i give you that for sure , It's going to get much and much better i'm so certain of it ... Anyways the concept is kind of new and it's reallyy sooo enjoyable , I felt like time was passing by faster while watching the episode it realy makes you hypedd for more 🔥🔥🔥 , Koshiyama is really smart , calm and collective he kinda gets embarrassed quickly and i think that's a good side of his personality but when he was in that Quiz Show he was like " Fuck people , Let's try this " and it was plainly amazing , what he did was pretty awesome and that's why i love his character a lot and i thought he has a big chance of becoming the Quiz King so yea he's pretty amazing , Fukami is cute and she's pretty smart too but when she gets serious well that's another story , The way she changed was so sudden i was like ^* Shit's about to go down *^ it was so cool how she changed and that's how Koshiyama got his motivation to answer , This fast buzzing thing made me so freaking hyped i was going to die ( I imagined the things that's going to happen later ) so yea i was about to die 😂😂 so i think Fukami and Koshiyama are going to be a great pair together in the Quiz shows and i just can't describe how hypedddddd 🔥🔥🔥🔥 , Anyways i can't wait for next week's episode and i hope this anime doesn't betray my expectations 🔥🔥👌 , Looking Forward !!!! |
IamanotakuuuJul 7, 2017 12:25 PM
| I'm actually very surprised of the low rating. It wasn't really that bad at all. I actually liked Fukami's voice. It's nice to hear a different voice for a change. Sometimes, she sounds sounded a little boring, but I think it will be better over time |
| I liked this, but the seiyuu voice annoys me, but only at the end of the ep don't know why. If they wanted to do a more deep voiced female character they could have give her a fitting look, instead we have the standard bishoujo look with a masculine voice... |
SnaitaJul 8, 2017 5:29 AM
| It seriously gives me chihayafuru vibes when they start do the quiz test, especiallly the girl just like chihaya with that 'hearing ability(?)', gonna stick to it, we'll see if this gonna keep me interest for more ep. |
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| The female MC's VA sounds like she's got a major lisp. It's rather unpleasant. |
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| Enjoy this first episode, minus the underwear joke (which only happens once in the entire manga for some odd reason). The mangaka could have handled that type of encounter-situation in a different way and still keep it funny, but oh well... The OP goes well with the series. Pretty catchy as well. Yes, they could have chosen a better VA for Mari. I didn’t get the feeling this was the same Mari I have been reading in the manga... Personality wise, Mari is kinda like Chihaya (from Chihayafuru), sadly, she didn’t come across like that in this episode mainly because the VA. P.S. I don’t have anything against the VA voice (she has a pretty unique voice). I think that type of voice could have worked better for some other type of character instead of this one though. |
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| I participated in a club in my senior year of high school called Hi-Q which is exactly like this Quiz Bowl competition. Enjoyable first episode and I can tell it will keep me interested. Main girl is cute and our protag is already coming out of his shell. |
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| I don't really mind the voice actress much, but I can understand the complaints. An okay start. Pretty basic, yet interesting. The panty shot thing though was rather repetitive. |
| To be honest here, but if the visuals weren't as good as they are, I probably wouldn't bother to keep watching despite finding this pretty enjoyable. Opening was really nice. Uplifting feeling just watching it, what you should get from a sports/game club themed anime IMO. Fukami's voice actor sounded really... amatuerish, not in a good way, more like the sister in Sket-dan, ugh. Then checking to see she only has 3 roles. Well at least she's cute. The anime character designs look quite familiar but I can't really pinpoint on what. Oh and that english title, Fastest Finger First. Well that probably isn't gonna be used out of context, definitely. Haha... |
| I was pretty much a bookworm myself back before Uni, introvert and I loved reading facts uncommon to most people so I can feel how the MC feel about that. I did join some Quiz Bowl back then though but It's not really my forte and I don't like competitions, also Uni changes everything and I actually lost my bookworm habit now wtf. As of the series, this is quite interesting for me. Just like that typical shounen sport series but in Quizzes. I found Fukami is charming, her VA can do better but as of now I think It's still good enough for me. |
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| This was able to make the thought processes that go into answering quiz questions interesting enough. |
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| Other than the wimp MC, who wants to score with your cutest schoolgirl, who self-loathes himself on being mere passive spectator to everything till now, founds his lifetime worth of thrill by pressing brutely a buzzer to answer a quiz onstage.........Maybe see where this goes. |
| Mari's voice sounds unique but it really bugs me for some reason. Just doesn't fit the characters image. Good ep tho |
| Nice start, hope it won't disappoint me. That girl is cute but i think her dub voice doesn't fit the character. Let's see how this will develop ;) |
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| This anime is amazing! I know there r wuiz bowl tv shows but i never imagined it can become an anime too!! Im curious to see more. I dont understand ehy the score is so low? Maybe people just done understand quiz bowl or cant relate to it. I've done quiz bowl before so i know how fun it can get. I cant wait to see more! Also, the girl's voice is really cute! |
| A decent first episode, for a concept as far-out as this. I'll keep an eye on it for a few episodes. I agree that the female lead's voice acting is pretty poor though, that could be a deal breaker for me, especially when the other voice acting is pretty good. We'll see |
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| More interesting than expected. I'm concerned if there isn't a quiz match every episode it could get boring fast. |
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| Who just straight-up tells some boy who knew the answer to a certain question ''I believe you can become the Quiz King!!''. Like I get they want to make this feel like a proper shounen, except no one would say that in real life. And that goal kind of feels lika a One Piece rip-off Also Fukami's voice actress was really bad in this episode. The ''What, I'm not cheating'' line felt really bland. Normally if someone suspects you of cheating you'd be a little more indignant about it. The same holds true for the surprised ''Eeeh''s. I read she's new at it though so I'm giving her a few more episodes to bloom All in all it was enjoyable |
| I'm really glad I picked this one up. Looks like it's going to be a lot of fun. |
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| I think this is the first time I've noticed bad Japanese voice acting. that girl character just didn't sound right |
| Nice pantsu. Those eyes. Oh shit! She knew he saw her pantsu. Okay start. OP/ED sound good. Mari is cute, but that voice does not match. When I heard Mari's voice, I immediately said 9nine. And I was right. lol Looking at Mari and hearing her voice, it seems they could have just went with Kana Hanazawa or Saori Hayami if they were available. |
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| I really really enjoyed this first episode! |
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| need more girls in this Anime. tsk tsk |
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| Shit hype asf but Mari's voice acting trash asf. Also didn't like how Mari basically said that Koshiyama is going to be the quiz king, I wanted her to have a little bit more guts, a little bit more.. competitive side to her, to compete with the very best. |
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